Due to budget cuts approved by the California legislature, 70 state parks will close, starting in September 2011. Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park near Nevada City is one of the parks that will be closed.
One October 29th 2010 downtown Grass Valley will be hosting the safe trick or treat for pre school age children. Mill Street is closed to traffic between 10am and 1pm allowing children and adults to enjoy this annual tradition in safety.
Merchants on Mill St and Main St dress up and hand out candy to the children.
Come and take part in this Halloween event in downtown Grass Valley, and see the Halloween window displays in the shops. Remember, only Mill St is closed to traffic, so take care when visiting the merchants on Main st.
Following the storm over the past weekend the air is full with the cacophony of leaf blowers in Grass Valley as people work to clear up the multi colored leaves dropped from the trees.
Some trees were stripped of their leaves by the storm and so although some trees have still not shown any fall color yet, some are already bare for winter.
Fall color has arrived in Grass Valley, and in the case of some trees, the color has been and gone!
Walking around the Hennessy and Empire Manor neighborhoods on Saturday October 9th there were trees just beginning to turn, some completely turned, and some that were already shedding their colorful leaves.
Over the summer there was construction work at the Memorial Park playground and a number of tall metal columns were installed.
This week shade “sails” were added to the columns, shading both the climbing structure for the 2-5 year old children, and the swings.
Even late on an early October day the difference between standing in the shade and standing in the direct sunlight was noticeable! Should be really useful next summer though as not only will the shades protect the children from the sunlight, but they’ll also stop the equipment getting too hot in the afternoon.